I believe the answer to your question is. <span>All food and supplies were sent to soldiers, while civilians starved at home.</span>
In jewish households girls are taught how to be perfect wives, cook, hide their bodies and hair when married so as not to attract other men, girls are also forbidden for performing some religious traditions or going to some sacred places. whereas boys not only have more individual freedom but they are also able to follow all religious tradition (wearing a kipa, tefilin, etc)
Gender bias is having prejudice or discrimination based upon someones person's sex, or gender.
The Enforcement Act of 1870 basically made illegal the voting discrimination that existed on the basis of race. It made illegal the opposition of some government officials to integrate former slaves, mainly African-American in the social and political life.
Because belonging to the church (being a church official such as a priest or a bishop) esentially meant you were given education (not common or at all present in those times) and a good position with a pay. You also exerted a lot of power in your local or regional community as church officials were considered to have been influential figures in medieval ages.